TEXAS VIEW: The #MeToo movement in social media

Besides, there’s no reason men couldn’t share their stories using the #metoo hashtag. The hashtag that’s rallying victims everywhere, #MeToo. Many appeared to be men, though there were some women, and they equated flirting with harassment, downplayed the possibility that sexual assault could be widespread and seemed to believe most women speaking out were exaggerating. The matter of status doesn’t matter either, as actresses and actors have voiced their experiences with sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood.

Mark Ruffalo joined the online movement and promised not to catcall women again, while Andrew Webster vowed to listen and understand women.

In the two weeks since The New York Times published its explosive report on Weinstein’s alleged sexual acts toward women, he was sacked from the Weinstein Co., which he co-founded, expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and his wife, Georgina Chapman, announced she was leaving him. Reports are that he even tried to get some private time with Aishwarya Rai but her manager acted wisely and didn’t leave the actor alone.

The movement surged in the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal to show just how prevalent sexual assault and harassment is. That is why I have fought to elect more women to this house.

Another struggle women face is how others react to them. Kaletsky’s call for more inclusive language is crucial, especially because nonbinary and trans people are disproportionately affected by sexual violence compareed to the general population. If one were to learn anything from this, is that participating in the #MeToo campaign is not case of jumping on the band wagon, but a deliberate and calculated move.

One day, Heaven wanted to talk to Burke privately.

Many, TMS included, first cited Alyssa Milano as the origin of the hashtag.

In that context, the #MeToo movement is an astonishing assertion. Let’s recognize the extent that these experiences have on women’s lives – in the work setting, in personal relationships and beyond. Burke still wears one of them when she speaks publicly about the movement. The number of posts with the #MeToo rose sharply, showing just how pervasive is the sexual harassment at workplace, houses, in society.

When an individual feels sexually violated – sexually threatened, they should tell anybody as soon as it happens because it leaves you with the sense harm – of “What if that escalated?” Or that they shouldn’t have. “Their own family & in-laws will blame them instead”.

As the women of the virtual world are sharing their horror stories of harassment, a social media user named Vinay Nair with the username, v9nair, shot videos of him touching the bare backs of unsuspecting saree-clad women. While acknowledging the power of social media campaigns, one can’t help but question the limits of its impact.

CNN reported that Burke began the movement – the genesis of which happened in 1996 – when she was a youth camp director and heard a young girl’s story of abuse. “I shouldn’t have been there, I shouldn’t have been “bad” #metoo”, Wood tweeted Sunday.

If we want to build the greatest and most diverse workforce, attracting more people from all walks of life, not just white, male and privileged, we need everybody to make a serious effort to improve themselves, their teams, their culture and to be more acutely aware of calling out the behaviour we know is wrong.

It has become the way, ignore the actual issue entirely and create some sort of aggressive revolt. This, only time will say.